Notice that this tutorial is aimed toward the realistic models for ourįirst things first.

Of fixing alphas in PMXe and then covering up any flaws later in MMD. If you’re new to fixing game rips, I’m going to cover some basics here This makes working with game rips a nightmare depending on the model, but fear not! I’ve been rendering realistic models for so long that fixing fucked up alphas became part of my work.Īlso, I’m in no way an expert on the matter, I only do things that don’t demand much from my sanity because honestly? I don’t have energy to waste overworking on hair when Raycast does most of the job for me. I’m open to discussion about this, so if you do that and it actually works with solid proof, let me know by either reblogging this post or privately messaging me on my social media.It took me long to remember writing this tutorial, I’m sorry!Īs many know, realistic hair in MMD looks horrible because of how it reads the alpha channels. In other words, it’s pointless to load ExcellentShadow with Ray, it’ll only consume more resources. ExcellentShadow’s purpose is overwhelmed by Ray’s nature, not to mention that the in-built physical lights have a soft or hard shadow feature. In conclusion, adding it to Ray is redundant, as Ray’s shadows are already very smooth, even smoother if using “boom!” settings. So I asked two of my contacts that are very experienced in Raycast rendering about ExcellentShadow’s interactions with Ray, if there was any. If it had a 50/50 chance of working with Ray, then I supposed I was unlucky and didn’t find the ideal setting.

Next, I loaded two physical lights with enabled ExcellentShadow to check, but again, nothing. At first, no change at all in the shadows, everything looked the same when disabled or enabled. I decided to try it myself: I opened my MMD, loaded and set up Ray, and added ExcellentShadow. Interested in the matter, I searched for answers after knowing from a Rebirth artist that ExcellentShadow may or may not improve the overall results, which felt superstitious. I’m writing a small post this time to share a detail that left me curious for a while: why do people combine ExcellentShadow with Raycast? Does it produce better results?

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